Chapter II Routes of the Flowing Gold 5
(viii+viii')
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Night of October 20, 2006
Intercontinental headquarters of the Westport Freedom Army (Formerly Saint Sen's Embassy
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In the sudden Before the cheers woke up, Zhang Shiyi dreamed of the cross channel.
At that time, she was sitting in the corner of the guest lounge on the flank of the banquet hall, waiting The banquet is held.
The banquet hall is located in the ancient elf empire style mansion on Third Avenue in Westport. Standing on the top of the stairs made of white marble Go, there will be the illusion that the city is the ruler of the city.
The owner of this two-hundred-year-old mansion, once a historic elf merchant Cannes Yar family. Later they decided to donate this building to the Sensen Senate in exchange for business. The privilege of Lingfang Company.
But just three hours ago, the gendarmerie annihilated all the private soldiers of the Elf Guard and the Cannisal family, occupying This mansion in the central part of Westport, on the same street as the Civic Hall, and the headquarters of the Elf Oriental Company.
This embassy is as big as a palace It consists of a six-story main building and seven or eight outbuildings. The annex building even includes weapons workshops, guard bastions, magician towers and the Temple of the Sun. The Elf Oriental company next to it is connected to it. There are warehouses, office buildings, etc., and even a huge shopping mall that is open to the public.
Of course, all this after the elves decided to attack the Seventh Fleet It became history.
The winners decided to turn the old building of the Eastern Company into the headquarters of the independent gendarmerie and convert the embassy into an independent gendarmerie. The dormitory is for the officers and staff to stay, and the warlord makes all the It occupies an entire room floor.
The staff carried the assets of the port area and the collected property, the engineering team began repairing the damaged buildings, and the Guards Company was responsible for the vicinity of the headquarters. Vigilance, Zhang Shiyi and several loyal giants brought new attendants and maids to the banquet, and everyone was so busy.
The elf captives were sent to the port area, where the commander of the Leonard Kikawi Fleet would emotionalize them with fellow-like heat and calculate by the way How many ransoms can these important hostages get from the Senate and the major families.
There is also a good news from outside the port. The Seventh Fleet's messenger ship is entering the port, and the guests are waiting boredly for the captain to bring the newsletter to let the staff of the gendarmerie regiment announce the banquet.
After the end of this, the young female commander sighed and leaned against the wall in the corner of the lounge, waiting for the official opening of the banquet.
Because she has not slept for two days, she almost fell asleep with her eyes open.
In the dream, she saw the cross channel.
The horizontal channel she dreamed of was not the holy land in the hinterland of the Eastern Empire, but in the northeast of the Qianlong Islands, under the Fuxi Province, and Hengzhou and Quzhou, across the sea from Qingniu.
That is the center of the Hengping Road. Since the introduction of Xidu, Hengqu Zong has been a minority sect, with Heng, Quzhou and Fuxi provinces as the center, and has been in charge of the cattle ears of the Taiping Road in the Yellow Turban countries for hundreds of years.
Zhang Shiyi was born in Hengzhou and studied in Mongolia. That is also the province of Taiping, a small number of schools that allow women and men to study martial arts.
She dreamed that she had been reading Mongolian studies many years ago and was preparing for the examination of the Hengqu Academy.
As the only daughter of Zhang’s number one and two, Zhang Shiyi revealed his extraordinary talents in the Mongolian school, which is regarded as the milestone of Zhangzhou’s pulse.
Every teacher is full of praise for Miss Zhang Da, the entire province of the west of the province is said that Miss Zhang Da will be a beautiful woman in the future. The Chinese who want to come to the relatives have queued up at the Zhangjiamen Gate. The potential fiancés are scattered throughout the Taiping countries, Sanbao, Qixing and Sanjujun.
When she worked hard in her studies, a young mercenary general came from Interlake to the sea and was employed by the general manager of Boyang Fort. The madman who wants to land in the homeland of the East is training the new army.
With him to the Taiping countries, there are also heavy fires, field artillery, range meters... all the fourth time in the past The technology completed in the free war.
Zhang Shiyi still remembers the news that day, the Qingniufu, which had not fallen for two hundred years, fell.
The use of force to capture the position of the sergeant has not happened for decades; the squatter has captured this kind of thing, it is far from a legend. .
She dreamed that she had left the book, raised her own steel snake spear, and the father who was known as "Saiyi De" finally practiced a family biography. Guns and martial arts...
Calling cheers from the outside, awakening Zhang Shiyi from sleep. A short snoring is not enough to supplement the physical exertion, but it makes her feel more sleepy.
The dream is over here.
Zhang Shiyi knows that everything in the dream has not really happened.
The former sergeant who fled the Qingniu government appointed his father to rebel against the Grand Marshal and commanded the 56,000 soldiers of the Sixth Army State.
He wants to lead the troops through Fulonghai, the soldiers are coming to Sishui, crusade against the vassal, recovering the Qingniu House, there is no time to discuss martial arts with his own daughter. .
Her father never returned. Only three months later, Heng and Quzhou were attacked by the new army trained by the new sergeant.
Under the attack of the new army trained by the mercenary generals, the towering walls of the old days were meaningless. Things that have been proven in the Western battlefield are as effective in the Taiping countries and the Eastern Empire.
Of course, what has been proven in the Eastern drama is as effective in the Taiping countries and the West.
Because of the relationship between the "high power and the earthquake", the employer's layout is to take the life of the mercenary general.
In order to escape the killing of the new sergeant, the mercenary generals contacted the navy of the Fuchu and Fudong provinces, and the few troops of the province fled to the Eastern Empire.
On the eastern coast of the empire, the Taipings and Western merchants have a small, desolate settlement leased a few years ago...
< Br /> That was more than a decade ago - the exact time is not very clear.
The small settlement later became the most prosperous merchant of the Eastern Empire, Lingyangmen.
The admiral of the Navy became the commander of the most powerful fleet of the free nations.
And the mercenary general became the Luo Taijun of the Eastern Empire, became the Luodu guard of the Western Tang Dynasty, and finally returned to his home country, and became The Red Yi people commanded the world's great marshals... Zhang Shiyi even saw the drama with him as the main character.
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The former Missy became an exile who settled in a foreign country.
The petite female channel handsome stretched out, found the mirror to correct the appearance, and quietly walked out of the lounge.
Everyone in the banquet hall is cheering the name of the Navy Admiral.
"Long live the Marshal Guardian!"
"Long live the Seventh Fleet!"
< Br /> In the middle of the crowd, it was the commander of the sub-fleet sent by Wei Taiping to deliver the good news. The Navy Marshal specially sent a blonde, and at first glance, the commander of the Western Marines returned to report.
The man is utterly eloquently releasing the Seventh Fleet's Good News - in fact, everyone already knows that it must be a big win. If it is not a big victory, how can a dispatcher commander and the entire sub-fleet be sent back to report?
"...We caught the gap between the Elf Big Fleet and the Imperial Fleet, the main fleet was inserted between the two, the fourth division of the team Will be responsible for entanglement at the end of the Elf fleet. When they react, the Imperial Fleet has been cut by our army to the downwind, and the elf fleet of the upper hand is scattered. Mandiel Intreus’s face must become iron Let's fight from dawn to dusk, the empire's ships have a large tonnage, but their sailors and gunners are not as good as ours..."
张时翼打Yawning, too lazy to listen to those lengthy achievements to show off. The people around them seem to be very interested: after all, this is the best proof that the position of their bet is correct.
"... In the afternoon, the admiral of the Imperial Left Fleet could not support, hang the total assault flag, the courage of Baron Novia Papio He led the last fleet of warships that he could sail, hang the banner of 'Long live the emperor', and full of sails to charge us, trying to enter the joint war. His behavior also separated the Imperial fleet. I commanded the fleet to slant and insert the empire guards into the fleet. The three ships were sunk and surrendered to five. The enemy defender sub-fleet commander surrendered, the flagship of the left wing submerged, the captain and the fleet The commander was all with the ship..."
Her gaze focused on the young man opposite the commander of the submarine.
Zhang Shiyi certainly heard the rumors. The rumor said that the person who was smiling and shouting the commander of the fleet was the close disciple of the mercenary general.
"Intercontinental Envoy, Major Nate Sorlayton."
She I whispered this Western name, which is a bit hard to read.
"This may be the last chance. No one has ever returned to a girl who can’t get married in a 20-year-old. I raised my relatives."
Zhang Shiyi took the glass from the table next to him, and after taking a sip, he whispered to himself: "You are not determined to do it." Is it a bad woman, little wing."
She frowned, didn't drink the rest of the wine, put the cup back, and began to move toward her goal . It is also a sour wine, or a yellow wine in your hometown.
It’s not easy to squeeze into the door of Nami Soleton.
The crowd of people, so she did not want to go in.
After the independent gendarmes defeated the private soldiers of the rebel families, the Seventh Fleet also defeated the Imperial Expeditionary Fleet and forced the Elves of the Two Seas Fleet, everyone knew the freedom The army is about to regain control of the entire route.
No matter who you are, as long as you want to survive in the phase port, you must tie up this fleet and the gendarmerie responsible for providing logistics and attacking the enemy port. team. What's more, there is also the market share that Elf Oriental is about to give up.
The young major is crowded with people. Those who are twice as big and twice as big as him are flattering him, and there are young sons and daughters at home. The family has dressed up their daughters, prostitutes, and adoptive women.
Zhang Shiyi bowed his head and looked at his evening dress.
East style high-kick knee-length skirt cuts the side hem for the convenience of action during the battle, not designed to seduce men - plus Wearing trousers under her skirt is even more devoid of the charm of a man.
Your own dress can't be called ugly, but it can't be called gorgeous.
It’s completely impossible to compare with the real big ladies who wear full-length red makeup and luxurious dresses with complex decorations and lace decorations.
"And, among the peacocks, there is still a phoenix..."
Zhang Shiyi’s line of sight was drawn to the most prominent of the group of women.
The height of the person is higher than the girls around him, and the flowing black hair seems to shine when the magic light shines. Like her, this person did not wear heavy, complicated, extravagant fashion.
The female pastor from the empire has been standing at the end of the door. She is just wearing a simple and unpretentious high-end female pastor's attire, but she does not fall into the wind. Whether it is behaving, elegant, or stone-like, the cold expression of the stone, forced to retreat one and another lady trying to get close to the front set.
"It seems to be retracting the preface. Even if you start playing, you may not win her."
Zhang Shiyi remembered the battle last night. At least in the hand-to-hand combat, the princess and her combat power should be between the two; except for the Tao, it is harder to say purely martial arts.
From the appearance and skin, the other party's age is even bigger than her, I am afraid it is not much.
Since leaving his hometown, Zhang Shiyi has been practicing martial arts and Taoism for more than six hours every day, and he has today’s combat skills. If the other party's age is indeed in its early twenties, that strength must mean extraordinary talent or pedigree.
"Even if you can’t beat the woman, at least you can’t be one of those butterflies.” The female channel smiled and walked through the crowd and continued. Encouraging myself, "The man, shouldn't be able to catch the hooks with Lulu's thighs and chest."
The closer you go, the more Zhang Shiyi can feel that The unusual determination that young people cover up under a smile.
If she wants to make an analogy, the young man feels like a bastion of a new army building, hiding under the ordinary appearance. meaning.
The appearance of the bastion is quiet and harmless, but the actual attack is known to be a hundred times more horrible than the high wall.
His mood was not so obvious on the ship last night, but after a day of fighting, his "cold" side became significantly stronger.
Zhang Shiyi as a warrior is used to paying attention to the eyes of others. She noticed that although the doorman was here, his mind was obviously not in front of the girls - not even on the Orthodox priest. Behind the warm eyes, it is difficult to see through the cold.
His eyes often fly to the heights or outside the door, just as you look at something that only he can see. No matter how provocative actions and hints the ladies made, they were all ignorant of this young man.
"Maybe what happened in the battlefield?"
Near Sorleyton The change caused Zhang Shiyi's curiosity. She judged that Nami is likely to be two or three years younger than herself, but has a rich experience that is incompatible with her age.
How did this man become a disciple of the legendary general? How did you get to this step?
When Zhang Shiyi approached Nanimen, he heard that he was discussing the establishment of new banks and taxation with several merchants and members of the Hong Kong Parliament.
"...We hope that everyone can settle all settlements and transactions here, and we will support you with the assets of the enemy seized this time. The expansion of the business tax is of course necessary, but you can slowly negotiate a tax that can be borne. I believe that Marshal Wei also does not want to waste his troops for the pursuit of capital and smuggling..."
His audience does not look as enthusiastic as when selling their daughter.
Perhaps most families are not willing to fully expose their business to the military, but the hints in the door-to-door discourse make them have to think twice.
Providing new loans, dividing the interests of the declining family is a bait, and the threat of tax evasion and smuggling is great. Nanimen and Wei Taiping have removed all the forces related to the elves, and naturally do not mind cleaning up one or two.
Seeing that everyone was undecided for a time, Zhang Shiyi quietly clenched his fist and rejoiced for his good fortune.
"The opportunity is so good!"
The topic that Nami is talking about may depend on trade for most The family with money lending is a big threat, but not for her people.
The Hengshui refugees who flowed from Fuxi and Xia Nan did not have much financial resources, and they were difficult to engage in bulk trade through the Tongniu’s wanted, and the door wanted to establish a bank. The request can be said to be in the middle of her heart.
"We are in a position to serve again at Hengzhou and Zhang. Even if our limited financial resources do not provide much help, we can provide sufficient manpower and half. A Taoist in Donggang can be your help."
The young warlord looked at Zhang Shiyi, who first showed loyalty, nodded slightly, with a look of approval With her, he said: "This is the second time you have helped me, Zhang Qushuai. You don't have to worry too much about the financial problems. I know that you don't lack sailors. So soon you will have your own The ocean merchant fleet is out."
The meaning of this sentence makes everyone around you stunned.
After a moment, they only reacted, which means that Naimen intends to hand over the seized Elf merchant fleet to the Hengqu Zhang!
More than one person feels a bit of remorse. There are more than a dozen merchant ships that have been seized in Hong Kong. In view of the fact that they are still on the road, have not had time to escape, and the ships that will be seized by the Seventh Fleet, it is not surprising to seize twenty or thirty. That is a wealth that is above the majority of the people in the venue!
But Zhang Shiyi did not feel happy. She noticed that the eyes of the young man across the street did not change.
If this is satisfied, it means losing. She needs more than just a merchant fleet.
She wants to return to the crossroads. The resources in front of this young man may be able to do this.
"Get courage, winglet. You have to break the guy's defense!"
Zhang Shiyi took a deep breath and took two quick steps forward, directly invading the door of the door. Her movements are so fast, the positioning is so accurate, and the tip of the nose can almost touch the lips of the door.
In the distance that the two can feel each other's breathing, Zhang Shiyi keenly felt the crack on the other's mask. She also used the light of the corner of her eye to capture the shock of the face of the imperial female pastor.
"I didn't expect that you are a person who will forget what you said?"
; She saw that the head of the door leaned back and the body leaned back half a step. The basis of Oriental martial arts is to destroy the other side's posture and introduce the battle into its own rhythm.
"The last time you promised to call me 'Little Wing', right? In this case, I am very worried about the condition of the previous appointment. You won't forget it?"
There was a glimmer of misunderstanding on the face of the door, and Zhang Shiyi immediately caught the mistake.
"I am very grateful to you for the merchant fleet provided to us. But that is the same thing as your promise to me. My own request, It’s not that big ambition, it’s just a very simple condition.”
She paused here, waiting for a response from Nami.
Hearing this completely unexpected response, Zhang Shiyi knew that he had captured his flaws.
"My conditions are very simple, it is definitely within your power, and it does not violate the interests of the free nations. I just want to have a room in your mansion." Room."
The door is stunned: "One room..."
" Well, a room. It doesn't have to be too big or too good, enough for me to live on my own. So, I can convince my people to make sure that the cooperation with the Free Army is reliable."
Almost, Zhang Shiyi thought, just accept it when you are ready.
"You won't say that this simple thing can't be done? I know that the Warlord has an empty room with a whole floor."
"If it's just a room, you can do it--"
"Thank you, then I will let people go I moved my luggage and I moved in tonight."
Zhang Shiyi chuckled, turned and left at almost the same speed as when he came. The single pony tail behind her head wiped the cheek of the door, leaving a fresh aroma of grass.
The door was deeply breathed for a few mouthfuls before regaining calm.
This is, Olia Hugh Coleman, who has been patiently on the side, suddenly closes into his ear and whispers: "I remember, you too I owe me a condition, Soledon."
"Well, this is the case--"
"Then my request is the same as her. Give me a room on your floor, plus the outer sun god church. Then I will pack my bags."
; The princess of the empire did not even give him the opportunity to confirm, and chased the back of Zhang Shiyi and walked out of the banquet hall.
"It seems that this will be a very long night..."
The door sighs Look around. Almost everyone is staring at him with the lingering corner of his eyes, whispering.
"...will be a night of rumors flying around."
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Night of October 20, 2006
The Republic of Intre Phased Port Donggang Street looks like an ordinary house in the depths
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She was awakened from her sleep.
As always, all monitoring magic is on. She quickly scanned it and determined that after several key points in her hiding place were not controlled, she put on her coat to open the door.
Before opening the door, the monitoring magic knows who the person is. Her two friends and assistants, "silver plate" and "skin". Now, among the female members of the Thieves Guild, the ranking of the two of them is quite high.
She yawned to open the door.
"Is the situation very serious? The speculative cause of the big man in Westport has been repaid so quickly..."
Her joke was interrupted directly by the person coming.
" 'Bai Si' big sister. 'Cui Jie' she is dead."
" Let's get rid of enchantment."
The smile condenses on her face.
It’s not mourning, but complaints.
“翠戒” is dead. The girl who was best at bargaining, rented so many houses for her, and found someone to help her build raw materials and sales channels died.
"When the fleet entered Hong Kong last night, 'Cui Jie' talked with a group of businessmen at a hotel under the Westport Association. When the naval battle broke out in the harbor, she thought Going back to Donggang, it’s too late.”
The guys at the Westport Association knew she was a magician now, forcing her to bring the goods to the Westport Guild The headquarters went to strengthen the defense. The president of Westport died in the port, and they did not expect the gendarmes to be so powerful and fierce..."
"Silver Plate" With the "skin" you said a word I heard the news.
"The small building at the headquarters of the Westport Association was too strong to be resisted by the gendarmes, and several heavy-duty guns were directly bombarded, and the fire was poured into it. "Poison cloud bombs." "
"More than three hundred guild members and mercenaries, only a few dozen lived out, and were killed by the gendarmes and a bayonet. I hid in the nearby attic and saw them with a telescope. They dragged the body of the 'Cuijie' and put it into the body bag... 呜呜..."
"貂皮" can no longer say no more, crying. In the past few months, their feelings have become very good. The business of the four young girls who started the joint venture has been quite small, accounting for 30% of the entire underground magical items and magical students. Some people even came from the famous countries of France and the Pacific.
"Looking at their announcement of victory and relaxing the opportunity of Donggang’s vigilance, the two of us can come back and bring the news to the big sister. I heard that the people of the Tao They have taken the lead in announcing their effectiveness, and their people have occupied the Donggang Association with the orders of the occupying forces and arrested most of the guild cadres and handed them over to the occupying forces."
" The white eyebrows were twisted into a ball and judged.
"The Thieves Guild can't go. Remember the alternate identity I prepared for everyone? I will get rid of all underground society."
"The big sister is really... what does the word say? Foresight."
"But,' Cui Jie 'her..."
"We are afraid that we will not be able to sweep the grave for her. If I am the top of the occupation army, I will definitely monitor all the claims." The deceased and the people who went to the cemetery to mourn." "White silk" resisted without tears. "We can't go to revenge. At least, now can't."
We will one day avenge her for the 'Cuijie', right?"
"Well. What we can do now is to remember the enemy. Name, waiting for the opportunity. The army cannot be stationed in the phase port forever. Since they are here, they must regain the surrounding ports occupied by elves and empires. There will be opportunities."
"Remember the name of the enemy... 'Silver plate', what is the commander of the occupation army?"
"Nate Menordon. I heard that it is the elite of the Continental Free Army."
"Oh, it’s a strange name." "White Silk" commented casually, "But even if he is stronger, we will always have a chance."
"There will be that day, big sister?"
"As long as we continue to expand our sphere of influence... there will be that day. Maybe we need to rebuild The Thieves Guild, even trying to make our small business a beacon, but I believe that there will always be that day."
She sent away two I closed the door and wanted to go back to sleep, but I couldn’t sleep, and my worries about the future came to my mind.
"What is it for me?"